this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
15 points (100.0% liked)

Spaceflight

603 readers
8 users here now

Your one-stop shop for spaceflight news and discussion.

All serious posts related to spaceflight are welcome! JAXA, ISRO, CNSA, Roscosmos, ULA, RocketLab, Firefly, Relativity, Blue Origin, etc. (Arca and Pythom, if you must).

Other related space communities:

Related meme community:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
llamacoffee@lemmy.world
15
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ [ISRO] EOS-08 and Space Rickshaw-0 Launch Thread! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

It's been a while since we've had a launch from ISRO!

Mission info

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-16, 03:47 | |

|

| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-16, 09:17 (IST) | | Launch site | First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India | | Launch Vehicle | SSLV | | Payloads | EOS-08 and Space Rickshaw-0 | | Payload mass | 175.0 kg | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payloads to LEO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

|

| | ISRO | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRmxoAb6vlo | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12UhwZY4gQ | Spaceflight Now | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfmC4Z9Ms9U | The Space Devs |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight:

โ˜‘๏ธ 1st SSLV mission this year, 3rd overall

โ˜‘๏ธ 3rd ISRO mission this year, 94th overall

Mission details

Earth observation micro-satellite for ISRO designed to test new technologies for building an Earth observation satellite in a micro-satellite bus. The satellite hoists an Electro-Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR) for Earth observation, a Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry payload (GNSS-R) for weather studies, and an UV Dosimeter to measure UV radiation in low Earth orbit.

Other payload includes the cubesat Space Rickshaw-0.

top 11 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Liftoff!

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Stage 3 burn completed, and entering another coast phase.

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Stage 3 separated, Stage 4 (velocity trimming module) burn completed.

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

SR-0 cubesat separation confirmed! Launch success!

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Stage 1 separation, Stage 2 ignition, and fairing separation confirmed.

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Stage 2 shutdown confirmed, and entered a coast phase.

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Stage 2 separation and Stage 3 ignition confirmed.

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

EOS-08 payload separation confirmed!

[โ€“] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

https://spacenews.com/indian-solid-sslv-rocket-launches-earth-observation-satellite/

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

https://x.com/isro/status/1824017646335250499

SSLV-D3/EOS-08 Mission

The launch of the third developmental flight of
๐Ÿš€SSLV can be watched LIVE on
๐Ÿ“†August 16, 2024, from
๐Ÿ•˜08:50 Hrs. IST on

ISRO Website https://isro.gov.in
ISRO Facebook https://facebook.com/ISRO
ISRO YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/live/DRmxoAb6vlo?feature=share
and @DDNational

@DrJitendraSingh

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

ISRO webcast is live. Madhuri Pillala is hosting.